A Vietnamese man affected by a brain-related condition has overcome problems since his childhood to become an engineer in information technology. Nguyen Hoang Gia Bao, an alumnus of the University of Science and Technology in Da Nang City, experienced difficult times since being born in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam. His mother passed away in a postnatal accident after giving birth to him, and his father died a few years later due to overwork. He lived with his uncle, Nguyen Bac Dau, who has acted as his father ever since. Bao was diagnosed with cerebral palsy – a collection of movement disorders caused by abnormal brain development. “Is life fair when having a child with cerebral palsy suffer from such a great loss,” said Dau, referring to the plight where Bao’s parents died. The disease consigned Bao, who is smart and loves learning, to a wheelchair and also affected his speech. He received help from many people to get education. Dau pushed him to school in his wheelchair on the dirt road of his village during the rainy season. When the uncle was busy, his nephew’s friends volunteered to do the job. “Sometimes we fell down because the path was slippery while Bao’s arms and legs were dangling freely. At that time, tears were welling up in my eyes out of my love for him,” Dau recalled. Bao then passed the examination to gain entry into a selective class of a local high school. At the first level of the… [Read full story]

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Vietnamese police are cooperating with their Cambodian counterparts to investigate a Vietnamese man accused of brutally beating a small child in Cambodia. Speaking to reporters, Major General Ho Sy Tien, Head of the Criminal Police Department, said that the police from both countries are searching for a Vietnamese suspect named Nguyen Thanh Dung from An Giang Province. Nguyen Thanh Dung (right) suspected to be the man who tortured the child in Cambodia (photo by Cambodiadaily) The Ministry of Public Security revealed a video clip showing a Vietnamese man torturing a 2- year-old at a cocoa plantation in Cambodia has been…... [read more]

The police said he ran away from his legal job more than two years ago. Police in Taiwan have arrested a Vietnamese man suspected of illegal logging, and found out he also ran away from his legal job more than two years ago, Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported. Police caught the suspect during a patrol on Sunday as he was transporting wood in the mountainous area of Alishan in Taiwan's southwestern county of Chiayi, the report said. Taiwan is the biggest market for Vietnam's labor export. Police said a sedan car suddenly changed direction after spotting the police, which led…... [read more]

If convicted, the man can be in jail for up to 15 years. A 51-year-old Vietnamese man has been arrested in Hong Kong for growing cannabis plants inside a village house in what local media said would be the biggest haul in a decade. Police broke into the three-story building on Tuesday night following a month-long investigation and seized around 1,700 cannabis plants, estimated to have a value of at least HK$40 million ($5 million) on the black market, the English service Ejinsight of the Hong Kong Economic Journal cited various media reports as saying. The raid is the biggest…... [read more]

Police are treating the case as an 'unnatural death', but no foul play has been indicated. A Vietnamese man was decapitated after falling from the 15th floor of a hotel in Singapore on Wednesday morning, police said. The 23-year-old landed on a fifth floor balcony of the hotel at around 2:30 a.m., but his head was found outside an eatery on the fourth floor, Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao reported. The Straits Times said police are investigating the case as an “unnatural death”, and ruled out foul play. According to the report, the man was staying in a room with…... [read more]

Police found no evidence of foul play involved in the gruesome death. Police in Singapore have concluded that the death of a Vietnamese man who fell from the 15th floor of a hotel last month was a suicide, the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore said Friday. The investigation found no signs of foul play in what was previously considered an "unnatural death". Nguyen Ngoc Duy, 23, a Vietnamese national, was decapitated during the fatal fall, the announcement said. His body landed on a fifth floor balcony of the hotel, and his head was found outside an eatery on the fourth floor,…... [read more]